SYO 4400 EXS 1-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Medical sociology is an important area of study because:: It recognizes the role that
social factors play in determining or influencing health.
2. Which circumstance(s) particularly affected the development of medical soci-
ology in its early stages?: A and C
(A.Pressure to produce work that could be applied to medical practice and health policy.
C. Lack of attention on the role of medicine and health from classical theorists.)
3. In the case of the sick role, illness is seen as , and its
undesirable nature reinforces the motivation to be healthy.: Deviance
4. What trend(s) reduced tensions between sociologists in medicine and sociol-
ogists of medicine?: A and B
(A. Most government funding is awarded to research with practical
application. B. Medical sociology itself is converging with general
sociology.)
5. One of the earliest attempts in the Western world to formulate principles
of health care, based upon rational thought and the rejection of supernatural
phenomena, is found in the work of the Greek physician:: Hippocrates.
6. The medicine of social spaces is concerned with:: Preventing disease.
7. Decline in deaths from infectious diseases in the second half of the
nine- teenth century was mainly due to:: Improvements in diet, housing, and public
sanitation.
8. The germ theory of disease is a perspective which asserts:: Diseases are caused by
a biological agent.
9. With the transition to a greater prevalence of chronic diseases, physicians
have increasingly had to take which approach to medical care?: "Whole person" care.
10. There are two categories of bioterrorism:: Overt and covert.
11. The primary focus of the epidemiologist is on:: Health problems of social aggregates.
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, 12. In epidemiology, a "case" refers to:: A single episode of a disorder, illness, or injury involving an
individual.
13. A researcher is interested in reporting how many people in a community
were diagnosed with HIV during the past month. He/she would measure the:-
: Incidence
14. Which of the following is TRUE about incidence and prevalence?: The incidence for
a given disease can be low at the same time that its prevalence is high.
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1. Medical sociology is an important area of study because:: It recognizes the role that
social factors play in determining or influencing health.
2. Which circumstance(s) particularly affected the development of medical soci-
ology in its early stages?: A and C
(A.Pressure to produce work that could be applied to medical practice and health policy.
C. Lack of attention on the role of medicine and health from classical theorists.)
3. In the case of the sick role, illness is seen as , and its
undesirable nature reinforces the motivation to be healthy.: Deviance
4. What trend(s) reduced tensions between sociologists in medicine and sociol-
ogists of medicine?: A and B
(A. Most government funding is awarded to research with practical
application. B. Medical sociology itself is converging with general
sociology.)
5. One of the earliest attempts in the Western world to formulate principles
of health care, based upon rational thought and the rejection of supernatural
phenomena, is found in the work of the Greek physician:: Hippocrates.
6. The medicine of social spaces is concerned with:: Preventing disease.
7. Decline in deaths from infectious diseases in the second half of the
nine- teenth century was mainly due to:: Improvements in diet, housing, and public
sanitation.
8. The germ theory of disease is a perspective which asserts:: Diseases are caused by
a biological agent.
9. With the transition to a greater prevalence of chronic diseases, physicians
have increasingly had to take which approach to medical care?: "Whole person" care.
10. There are two categories of bioterrorism:: Overt and covert.
11. The primary focus of the epidemiologist is on:: Health problems of social aggregates.
1/
12
, 12. In epidemiology, a "case" refers to:: A single episode of a disorder, illness, or injury involving an
individual.
13. A researcher is interested in reporting how many people in a community
were diagnosed with HIV during the past month. He/she would measure the:-
: Incidence
14. Which of the following is TRUE about incidence and prevalence?: The incidence for
a given disease can be low at the same time that its prevalence is high.
2/
12
